Coll 25/36 'Orders in Council: Revision of Persian Gulf Orders-in-Council' [‎64v] (134/476)

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92. —(1) As from the commencement of this Order the Qatar Order in
Council, 1939 shall be repealed; but this repeal shall not—
(a) Affect the past operation of that Order or any appointment made,
or any right, title, obligation, or liability accrued, or the validity or
invalidity of anything done or suffered under that Order, before the
making of this Order;
(b) Interfere with the institution or prosecution of any proceeding or
action, criminal or civil, in respect of any offence committed against
or forfeiture incurred or liability accrued under or in consequence of
any provision of that Order or any regulation confirmed by any such
Order or made thereunder;
(c) Take away or abridge any protection or benefit given or to be enjoyed
in relation thereto.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Order aforesaid, all rules and regu
lations approved or confirmed by or under such Order so repealed shall
continue and be as if this Order had not been made; but so that the same
may be revoked, altered, or otherwise dealt with under this Order, as if they
had been made under this Order.
(3) Criminal or civil proceedings begun under the Order repealed by this
Order, and pending at the time when this Order comes into operation, shall,
from and after that time, be regulated by the provisions of this Order, as
far as the nature and circumstances of each case admit.
93. —(1) A printed copy of this Order, and of all Rules of Procedure and
other Rules for the time being in force under this Order, shall be kept open
to inspection free of charge in the Office of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and of each
Court established under this Order.
(2) Printed copies thereof shall be sold in Qatar at such reasonable price
as the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. from time to time directs.
94. This Order shall be laid before Parliament and shall come into force
on 12th April, 1949.
The Right Honourable Ernest Bevin, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs is to give the necessary instructions herein.
E. C. E. Lead bitter.
SCHEDULE
Indian Acts applied
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860).
The Indian Divorce Act, 1869 (Act IV of 1869), except so much as relates to
divorce and nullity of marriage.
The Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869 (Act XIV of 1869), except sections 6,
15, 23, 32, 33, 34, 38 to 43 (both inclusive), the last clause of section 19, and
the last two clauses of section 22.
The Indian Court Fees Act, 1870 (Act VII of 1870).
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Act I of 1872).
The Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Act IX of 1872).
The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (Act XV of 1872).
The Indian Oaths Act, 1873 (Act X of 1873).
The Indian Majority Act, 1875 (Act IX of 1875).
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act of 1886 (Act VI of 1886).
The Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 (Act IX of 1887).
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890 (Act XI of 1890).